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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4.
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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 We walk with those who are experiencing hard times and are there for them just as God has been there for us.
Caring for Families in Iowa & Beyond Since 1901 Luthranish Kinderfreund Gesellschaft Lutheran Home Finding Society Lutheran Family Service
Lutheran Family Service Leadership Melissa Gannon Director of Eldercare Services Kim Laube Director of Life Ministries Rev. Mick Wolfram Director of Congregational Services Rev. Max Phillips Executive Director Toni Larson Director of Counseling Mollie Clark Director of Marketing Wanda Pritzel Director of Ministry Support Holly Eldridge Operations Manager
Pregnancy Counseling • Services Provided in Iowa and North & Central Illinois • Parenting & Adoption Planning • (No Abortion Referrals) • Counseling Extends Beyond Placement • All Services Provided at No Cost to Birth Families
Adoption Services Domestic Infant Adoption International Adoption Embryo Adoption (Rescue) • Married At Least 3 Years • Male & Female Parents • Active In A Christian Congregation • Good Mental, Emotional & Physical Health All decisions based on the needs of the child, not the need of the parents
Embryo Adoption (Rescue) “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.” Jeremiah 1:5 Donating and adopting families love and raise children whom they first knew as embryos.
Mental Health & Marriage Counseling Professional, Christian counseling for Stress / Anxiety, Depression, Addictions, Abuse, Couple & Family Conflict • Licensed, Masters Prepared Staff • Mature Christian Faith • Sliding Scale Fee Does it Work? 90% of LFS clients say their life situation has improved
Supporting Professional Church Workers • Consultation • Continuing Education • Wellness Checks, Individual • Wellness Checks, Marriage “15 to 20 percent of all the disability claims handled by Concordia Plan Services are mental-health related.”
Congregational Services Outreach Equipping Individuals, Congregations & Communities with Christ-centered, life-changing tools, resources and hope to meet the challenges they are facing. • Strengthening Marriages • Caregiver Support • Aging Journey Education • Equipping Youth Serving those in the Church + Outreach to Unchurched in Community
Building Healthy Marriage • Marriage Retreats • Couple Checkups • Marital First Responders Training
Alzheimer’s Disease Education • Simulation Exercise • Caregiver Needs Awareness • Powerful Tools for Caregivers Groups • Perry Lutheran Homes Partnership Remembering Hope
Helping adult children and seniors navigate the journey of aging • Planning well now to live well later • Topics relating to care options, advance directives, keeping loved ones safe at home, making the most of visits to nursing homes, and more • Perry Lutheran Homes Partnership AgingWELL Education
Equipping Youth Whose UR presentations and retreats • Whose UR • Dating in the Right Direction • Social Media • Christian Living • Suicide Awareness
Lutheran Ministry Center MomTalk Parenting Education Group Mother-Daughter Retreats Whose UR Youth Retreats Birth Mother Retreats
A Voice in the Public Square • Current Legislative Goals • Promoting Life • Removing Funding from Abortion Providers • Eliminating Abortion • Stopping Physician Assisted Suicide
A Voice in the Public SquareAnd the Church Physician Assisted Suicide Embryo Rescue through Adoption Rev. Dr. Jim Lamb LFS Life Advocate
Digital Media Ministry Outreach • Reaching people in new ways – where they are • Instagram • Google • Facebook • YouTube • Connection of those in need with Jesus through life-changing services and Christ-centered messages Reaching nearly 1.3 million people annually
Strategic Partnerships God calls us to work together for His good; to serve His people
Expanding Services and Expertise • Life advocacy (beginning of life to end of life) • Adoption (embryo, domestic, international) • Pregnancy Support • Mental health counseling • Marriage counseling • Family counseling • Youth, Community and Eldercare Outreach • Congregational services • Alzheimer's care, education, and support • Aging journey education, aging care and support - for residents, caregivers and families • Nursing care • Rehabilitative Therapy • Respite Care • Memory care • End of life care Providing Christ-Centered services from fertilization to natural death
Perry Lutheran Homes • Serving elders with Christ-Centered care since 1956 • Offers a continuum of care to meet changing needs • Award-Winning Memory Care Environments, Innovations, Meaningful Living, Leadership, Education, Care & Services • Leaders in memory care, inter-generational engagement through on-site daycare and meaningful living through mission work and community involvement • Established the StepUp movement to bring awareness to the needs of elders around us Serving Christ by Serving Others
Expanding Geographically in the US Serving Iowa and the Midwest as God leads us to care for others in need
And Beyond to Haiti Serving, teaching and training in other nations
LFS Funding So as not to limit our intentionally Christ-centered mission and witness... Government $1.4 Million Annual Operating Budget
LCMS Supporting Partners Districts Organizations Congregations Individuals Pregnancy Counseling – Mental Health & Marriage Counseling Sliding Scale – Congregational Services
